Why the Fletcher and Gearing classes needed no obvious redesign

Is there anything the panel would change in the design of the Fletcher and Gearing classes?

Not in any obvious way; the panel regards them as excellent destroyers for the missions the US Navy wanted them to perform.

The answer is brief because the panel sees no conspicuous design correction to make. Fletcher- and Gearing-class destroyers were successful solutions to the US Navy's operational requirements. Their success rests on how well they fit their intended job and service. The preceding cruiser-gun question provides the contrasting case, where an attractive change would impose years of integration delay.